Amazing Books

“Авторы, фикрайтеры, переводчики, поэты, сценаристы и все-все, кто работает с текстами, а давайте под хештегом #ЯЛюблюСвоиТексты расскажем о том, что мы любим в своих текстах, покидаем скрины любимых отрывков, вспомним, что нас вдохновляло, покомфортим и похвалим сами себя? 💛💛💛”

This is our small collection of old Christian books. Titles form the bottom: Life of Jesus Prayers to God Way to Heaven Faith, Hope & Love All in Polish.

The Prayer Book of Claude de France is a tiny, jewel-like manuscript that was made for Claude (1499–1524) around 1517, the year she was crowned queen of France.

One of the rooms at Beamish open air Museum, Co Durham.

The moulds creeping up this pile of books are great.

Each time you open a book and read it, a tree smiles knowing there's life after death. And a book is a magic portal to another dimension. - book readers

By the name of it, you'd think it was another falconry manuscript like De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus , but it's actually a two volume liturgic...

Stack of old antique books with pocket watch

Hello everyone! My name is Jamie and I live in Texas. I'm a proud Hufflepuff and Thunderbird, and this is a blog for all the things I find magical, inspiring, and enchanting, with a little bit of fairy dust and maybe a kitten or two on the top :) Please feel free to send me any messages, I'm always happy to hear from you!

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A term that book collectors rarely encounter in descriptions of modern books, but which they encounter not infrequently in descriptions of antiquarian books, is gauffered edges. This simply means that the edges of a book have had a decoration stamped into them, usually after the edges of the book have been gilded: Here is a more detailed description of the technique: The edges of a book, usually gilded, which have been decorated further by means of heated finishing tools or rolls which…

starrydiadems: “British Birds in their Haunts. ”

A couple of years ago Steve and I took a trip up the California coast with our three kids. One of our stops was the charming city of Carmel by the Sea. I fell in love with this little town and wanted to explore every inch of it. But on...

“A victim of time: damaged binding that is strangly attractive (@ubleiden Groenh. 99).”